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Providing the first systematic interpretation of what Aristotle thinks emotions are and pointing to some philosophical merits of his account, this book addresses, among other things, his view on how emotions form; how they relate to beliefs and perceptions; how they relate to desires; and how different emotions are distinguished from each other.
About the author
Giles Pearson is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Bristol University. He has taught philosophy at Bristol University since 2007. Prior to that he was a lecturer at Birkbeck College, London (2006-7) and a research fellow at Christ's College, Cambridge (2003-6). His Ph.D., on Aristotle on desire, was from St. John's College, Cambridge. He has published two books; a monograph Aristotle on Desire (2012), and an edited book (co-edited with M. Pakaluk) Moral Psychology and Human Action in Aristotle (OUP, 2011). He has also published a number of articles on Aristotle in leading international peer-review journals in ancient philosophy and contributed to several prominent edited collections.
Summary
Providing the first systematic interpretation of what Aristotle thinks emotions are and pointing to some philosophical merits of his account, this book addresses, among other things, his view on how emotions form; how they relate to beliefs and perceptions; how they relate to desires; and how different emotions are distinguished from each other.
